Film

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944 · 1h 58m · Comedy · Crime

She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

Cary Grant

Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane

Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull

Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair

Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey

Jonathan Brewster

John Alexander

'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre

Dr. Einstein

Jack Carson

Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason

Lt. Rooney

Grant Mitchell

Reverend Harper

Edward McNamara

Sergeant Brophy

Garry Owen

Taxi Cab Driver

John Ridgely

Officer Saunders

Vaughan Glaser

Judge Cullman

Chester Clute

Dr. Gilchrist

• Frank CapraDirector · Producer
• Philip G. EpsteinScreenplay
• Julius J. EpsteinScreenplay
• Jack L. WarnerProducer
• Sol PolitoDirector of Photography
• Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
• Leo F. ForbsteinOriginal Music Composer
• Daniel MandellEditor

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) - TrailerArsenic and Old Lace Modern TrailerArsenic and Old Lace (1944) Original Trailer: Cary Grant - Priscilla Lane - Frank Capra - ComedyArsenic and Old Lace - Trailer

Release date

September 1, 1944

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

NR

Budget

$1,120,175

Genres

Comedy, Crime

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